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Archive for December, 2014

WoW-E! Welcome to TGIFF!

Posted on: December 25th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

Hello!  My name is Lorna.  And Sew Fresh Quilts is hosting this week’s TGIFF! The final TGIFF for 2014! Whoo-hoo! Today I am sharing my WoW-E! quilt finish. It was a bit windy when I took this quilt out for photographing.  So after my fingers got cold waiting for the breeze to settle, I tried […]

Quick Christmas Pillows

Posted on: December 20th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

My daughter, for some reason, has a thing for squirrels.  I mean how can you resist?  They are just so cute!  If you agree….  then you can’t blame me when I splurged and bought these lovely little pieces on impulse. Remember when I grabbed these during this shopping trip back a few weeks ago? From […]

A Custom Order Baby Boy Quilt

Posted on: December 19th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

As I mentioned last week in this post about the top, I was approached by email to make a custom order baby quilt.  Thanks to Rita of Red Pepper Quilts. And I want to tell you all how great you made me feel.  All those sweet compliments and kind comments really meant a lot to […]

Top 10 Tips for New Quilters – Sashing & Borders

Posted on: December 8th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

Welcome to this week’s installment of the Top 10 Tips for new quilters – Sashing & Borders.  For the complete line up of weekly tips, please see this page. Sashing: The basic building block of a quilt is a quilt block.  Some quilts look fabulous by simply piecing these blocks together.  Some blocks even allow […]

Holiday Hoot Ohio Stars {redo} in Northcott ColorWorks Solids

Posted on: December 5th, 2014 by Lorna McMahon

It’s a festive Finish it up Friday and a Canadian country photo shoot! This remake of the Ohio Stars was made using solids from the ColorWorks collection by Northcott Fabrics.  As soon as the binding was on…. And I had taken the time for a quick coffee break…. I headed outside to the old hay […]